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dweller

[dwel-er] / ˈdwɛl ər /
NOUN
tenant
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A Tehran dweller in his 70s said he had been shocked by the price of plastic products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

As a New York City apartment dweller, Genna Contino has plenty of experience finding a place to live.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

One of the earliest known primates was Teilhardina, a tiny tree dweller weighing just 28 grams – similar to the smallest primate alive today, Madame Berthae’s mouse lemur.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

One such garage dweller, Irma Portillo, had been living in a two-car garage in Pacoima for five years with her three children, her late brother’s two children and her mother — seven people in all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

One was the master of the earth, or at least believed himself to be, and the other was a nimble dweller in trees, a cousin of the master of the earth.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Housing affordability has become a growing issue across the 27-nation bloc in recent years, with 51 percent of European city dwellers telling a 2025 survey it was "an immediate and urgent problem".

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Separately, some part-time city dwellers are looking for creative ways to reduce or get out of the new tax.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Scientists are raising alarms over the planet’s warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase temperatures for land dwellers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Fen Cottage at Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, was built in roughly 1700 and is one of the last surviving homes of the ancient fen dwellers.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Narrow streets cut city dwellers off from sky and sun; insecurity at night kept them indoors, away from the stars.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro


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